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Fifteen black former or current employees allege they faced racial abuse and harassment at carmaker’s factoriesFifteen black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric carmaker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories.The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behaviour by colleagues, managers, and human resources employees on a...

A multi-storey apartment building and a recreation centre struck in southern port city, Ukrainian officials say; Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Russian defeat ‘significantly changes’ the situation in the Black SeaMissile strikes kill 17 in Odesa, officials sayUkraine pushes Russian forces from strategic Snake IslandNato will stick with Ukraine as long as it takes, Biden saysTurkey could still block Finland and Sweden’s Nato bidAt a glance:...

Latest updates: deputy chief whip resigned after reports he had drunkenly groped two menConservatives pressed to withdraw whip from Chris Pincher And this from the Sunday Times’s Hannah Al-Othman:This from the Scotsman’s Alexander Brown on remarks reportedly made by Guto Harri, director of communications at 10 Downing Street: Continue reading...

Strike action expected on Wednesday and Friday next week after agreement to modify fleet left unsignedFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastA second dose of rail chaos is likely to hit Sydney commuters next week, with more union action threatened.The NSW government and the rail union failed to come to...

Armed forces urge residents to seek shelter after twin attacks on southern port city, say Ukrainian officialsSee all our latest Ukraine coverageAt least 18 people have been killed after two Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building and a recreation centre in the southern port city of Odesa in the early hours of Friday, Ukrainian officials have said.Ukraine’s armed forces issued an alert urging...

Pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after reports he drunkenly groped two men at a private clubToday’s politics news – live updatesPressure is mounting on the Conservative party to withdraw the whip from Chris Pincher following allegations he groped two men on a drunken night out.Labour’s Yvette Cooper said that removing the whip from the former Conservative deputy whip needed to be the “first...

Human Rights Watch calls for donors to cut off funding to security forces and urges international court to investigatePalestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group has said.In its report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for donor countries to cut off funding to Palestinian...

Chinese president says ‘one country, two systems’ will endure and democracy flourishes after unprecedented unpicking of freedoms25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong – in picturesWe were too lenient on pro-democracy politicians – Regina IpThe ‘unofficials’ who advised UK on handover – and were ignoredTimeline: the Hong Kong handoverXi Jinping has hailed China’s rule over Hong Kong as he led 25th anniversary celebrations...

Regulator says it may change ad rules in light of growing competition from online streaming platformsOfcom has said it may extend the time and frequency allowed for advertising breaks on UK television as part of a review of broadcasting rules.The regulator said it would consider changing advertising regulations amid market developments including the increasing influence of online streaming services. Continue reading...

Rising prices have created greater demand for sanctuary and made it more difficult for people to leaveRefuges providing sanctuary to victims of domestic violence are facing severe strains as a result of the cost of living crisis, a charity has warned.Rising prices are creating a greater demand for refuge spaces, as increased financial pressure acts as a trigger for abusive partners, while making it...

Mark Butler urges Australians to get boosters as new subvariant circulates; nation records 33 Covid deaths. This blog is now closedWestern Australia’s EPA urges 50-year extension of country’s most polluting gas projectNot just a number: families of five Australian pandemic victims reflect on loss during CovidTen thousand Covid deaths and counting … the road to Australia’s grim milestoneAustralia’s 10,000 deaths and the paradox of...

CEO and co-founder will leave at end of July, having still received £250,000 salary despite taxpayer bailoutThe chief executive and co-founder of the collapsed energy firm Bulb will leave at the end of July, having continued to receive a six-figure salary while the firm was being propped up by billions in taxpayer loans.Hayden Wood is leaving Britain’s seventh biggest energy supplier, which has about...

Woodside’s North West Shelf gas development would release more than eight times Australia’s annual emissions if it continues to operate until 2070 Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastWestern Australian authorities have recommended a 50-year extension of the country’s biggest polluting fossil fuel development, sparking condemnation from climate campaigners who...

Sri Lanka 212 & 113; Australia 321 & 10-0 (0.4 overs)Australia win by 10 wickets in Galle to take 1-0 series lead Australia have thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in Galle, bowling the hosts out in a session and claiming their fastest Test victory in 20 years. In a comprehensive display, Australia took only 22.5 overs to roll through Sri Lanka for 113...

At least 18 dead after Russian missile strikes multi-story apartment building in Odesa; Russian forces withdraw from Snake Island in Black SeaRussia-Ukraine war: latest updates Continue reading...

MiCA law contains measures to guard against market abuse and manipulationThe EU has moved to rein in the “wild west” of crypto assets by agreeing a groundbreaking set of rules for the sector.Representatives from the European parliament and EU states thrashed out an agreement on Thursday that contains measures to guard against market abuse and manipulation, as well as requiring that crypto firms provide...

The January 6 committee cannot charge Trump, but they can make criminal referrals. Here are the key legal issues at stakeIn six televised hearings, the House January 6 committee has presented extraordinary testimony about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and its culmination, the deadly attack on the US Capitol by a far-right mob.The committee is made up of seven Democrats and...

Over the Memorial Day and Juneteenth holiday weekends more than 3,000 flights were canceled and over 19,000 were delayedAs Fourth of July travel chaos looms, experts are warning that a combination of factors including pilot shortages, the climate crisis and even the rise of drones means the situation is unlikely to get better soon.Over the Memorial Day and Juneteenth holiday weekends more than 3,000...

UK government accused of leaving former employees and their families ‘in limbo’ in Afghanistan, where they are targets for the TalibanMore than 170 people who worked for the British embassy in Kabul remain in hiding in Afghanistan in fear for their lives, almost a year after the Taliban retook the country.A list of Afghans currently in hiding, seen by the Guardian, shows almost 200...

Party figures understood to have urged leader to rein in acolytes after candidates from left excluded from longlistsKeir Starmer’s allies have rejected claims he is acting to block “anyone to the left of Tony Blair” from standing for the party at the next general election, as his project of reshaping Labour moves to its next stage: parliamentary selections.Since the swing of more than 12%...

Developing countries’ delegates at UN conference seek recognition of small fisheries’ role in protecting oceans and fighting hungerSmall-scale fishermen and women from coastal nations in the frontline of the “ocean emergency” have accused world leaders and other decision-makers at the UN oceans conference of ignoring their voices in favour of corporate interests.More than half of the world’s fish caught for human consumption comes from...

Pyrotechnic displays pose a heightened fire risk in a time of intense drought and cause distress to wild animalsLake Tahoe’s north shore is breaking with tradition and will replace its Fourth of July fireworks celebration with a colorful light display of an entirely different nature.The tourist town on the Nevada side of the storied lake will offer a night-time drone light show, a display...

Exclusive: Pether, who has been imprisoned for 14 months in Baghdad, has become ‘gravely ill’ according to his familyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has raised the case of jailed engineer Robert Pether with the Iraqi leader, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, as the Australian’s family warns he...

Proud Boys’ involvement in US Capitol attack cited in ruling outlawing organisationNew Zealand’s government has declared that the American far-right groups the Proud Boys and the Base are terrorist organisations. The two groups join 18 others, including the Islamic State group, that have been given an official terrorist designation, making it illegal in New Zealand to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and...

Second judge suspended as legal challenge from first judge due to begin, escalating ongoing controversy over separation of powersFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastKiribati is embroiled in a constitutional crisis after the government suspended its chief justice, leaving the judiciary in disarray as experts raise concerns about the rule...

Richard Marles signals change in tone with biggest trading partner but pledges to avoid Coalition’s ‘chest-beating’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastAustralia’s acting prime minister has declared the government won’t take any “backward step” in pursuing the national interest, after Chinese state media said hopes of a diplomatic reset were...

Experts sceptical of claim, as state media urge citizens to watch out for ‘alien things coming by wind’North Korea has blamed its Covid-19 outbreak on balloons sent over its border with the South by groups of defectors, in an apparent attempt to shift the blame onto its neighbour.After two years of insisting that it had not recorded a single case of the virus, the...

Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce’s final report includes call for campaign to dispel ‘rape myths’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastA major review has called for Queensland to adopt affirmative consent laws among sweeping reforms to the handling of victims of sexual assault and violence in the state’s criminal justice...

Agreement between government and Indigenous leaders includes fuel price cut and mining restrictionsEcuador’s government and the country’s main Indigenous group have reached an agreement to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralysed the country and killed at least four people. The deal, which includes a decrease in the price of fuel and other concessions, was signed by government minister Francisco Jimenez,...

It was the second warning Cassidy Hutchinson had received before her deposition, cautioning her against cooperating with the panelFormer Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson received at least one message tacitly warning her not to cooperate with the House January 6 select committee from an associate of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, according to two sources familiar with the matter.The message...

Twenty hectares near Inca ruins affected in blaze started by farmers burning grass before sowing cropsPeruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu as the blaze threatened to close in on the ancient city in the Andean mountains on Thursday.The fire, which had engulfed an area about half the size of Vatican City, was started on...

Suleiman Kerimov secretly managed the Delaware-based Heritage Trust, says US treasury departmentThe United States has blocked a US-based company worth more than $1bn linked to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, saying the ally of President Vladimir Putin used it to funnel and invest shadowy funds.The treasury department said that Kerimov, a billionaire active in Russian politics, secretly managed the Delaware-based Heritage Trust which put its...

Talks to save 2015 agreement on brink of collapse as Tehran is also accused of testing missiles capable of delivering nuclear weaponsIran has been accused of making “maximalist demands” in the latest unsuccessful round of talks on reviving the nuclear non-proliferation deal at a grave session of the UN security council in which it was widely acknowledged that the talks – and the whole...

DNA analysis of 164 individuals from 2,800 to 300 years ago shows men would move to be with their wivesThe world’s earliest seafarers who set out to colonise remote Pacific islands nearly 3,000 years ago were a matrilocal society with communities organised around the female lineage, analysis of ancient DNA suggests.The research, based on genetic sequencing of 164 ancient individuals from 2,800 to 300...

Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC’s independenceThe family of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains – a tooth – in the capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.Hundreds gathered in a vast square for the occasion, waving flags and...

Human rights groups say there have been no autopsies or identification of the 23 people killed trying to cross into SpainSeconds after Mohamed stepped on to Spanish soil, he turned around to see how his friends had fared along the metres-high chain link fence that slices off the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco.“It was horrible,” said the 20-year-old from Sudan. “It was a...

Potentially serious faults in Guardian-class patrol boats may force some countries to pause use of vesselsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastPacific island countries may halt the use of Australian-provided patrol boats after potentially serious defects were discovered, in a blow to a $2.1bn maritime security program.The Australian government is...

Members of anti-vax convoy have vowed to maintain a presence over the summer initially mingling with the annual celebrationsResidents of downtown Ottawa are bracing for a Canada Day unlike any other, after “freedom convoy” protesters vowed to return to Parliament Hill on 1 July, and maintain a presence over the remainder of the summer.Every Canada Day, people congregate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to...

Latest updates: foreign secretary says she trusts parliamentary colleagues to ‘make the right decision’ over inquiry into claims PM lied to MPsWe are now told that Boris Johnson’s press conference at the end of the Nato summit in Madrid is not likely to start until 1.45pm UK time.Figures out today show that UK household incomes have now fallen on average in real terms for...

Producers and apiarists remain concerned about future almond harvest and potential for mites to carry deformed wing virusGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast As 600 beehives were destroyed in New South Wales, the industry remained confident the varroa mite incursion could be contained, even as the emergency zone expanded, because cases of the deadly parasite were linked.But concerns...

Russian ministry of defence says withdrawal is goodwill gesture to facilitate grain exports, and asks that Ukraine demine its coastal watersPutin issues warning to Finland and Sweden after joining NatoUkraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of warUS to increase military forces across EuropeEvidence contradicts Russian claims about Kremenchuk mall attackAt a glance: what we know on day 127 of the invasionThe UK’s foreign secretary,...

Keir Starmer ‘doing an amazing job’ but voters still confused about what party stands for, says former PMFollow all today’s political developments – liveTony Blair has dismissed the need for a new political party, saying Labour has “recovered” under Keir Starmer but needs a clearer sense of direction to win the next general election.After a mixed few weeks for Labour, with MPs raising concerns...

Airport orders airlines to axe flights on Thursday ‘because it could not handle them’Airline passengers have complained of “total chaos” at Heathrow after the airport made a last-minute order to cancel flights because it could not handle them.Thousands of travellers were disrupted by a rare “schedule intervention” on Thursday morning, which led to the scrapping of 30 flights during the morning peak. Continue reading...

Winning back vital Black Sea landmass would weaken any future Russia coastal land attackRussia-Ukraine war – live updatesUkrainian forces say they have pushed Russian forces from Snake Island, a strategic Black Sea landmass off the southern coast near the city of Odesa.Ukraine’s reported recapture of the island weakens any potential plans Russia may have for a future land attack on that stretch of coastline....

Foreign secretary calls on other Nato countries to increase defence spending and support Taiwan over China threatsFollow all today’s political developments – liveLiz Truss has defended plans to cut the British army by nearly 10,000 troops as she called on other Nato countries to “step up” their defence spending.Speaking as western leaders gathered in Madrid to discuss the alliance’s most significant transformation for a...

China’s president makes first trip outside mainland since pandemic began as territory prepares to mark milestoneChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has made his first trip outside of the mainland since the C0vid pandemic began, landing in Hong Kong and telling crowds the region had “risen from the ashes” after years of upheaval.The leader, his wife, Peng Liyuan, and delegates, arrived by high-speed train at West...

Nation records 60 Covid deaths; SA records first monkeypox case; Anthony Albanese meets Justin Trudeau at Nato summit. This blog is now closedJohn Barilaro withdraws from New York trade role due to ‘media attention’Labor orders review of Covid vaccine contracts signed under CoalitionSeven seeks to terminate multimillion dollar broadcast deal with Cricket AustraliaSydney’s week of disruptions: who’s on strike, what do they want and...

Health minister Mark Butler says focus will be on future needs, not looking back at rights and wrongs of former governmentFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastCovid vaccine contracts signed under the former Coalition government could be altered or scrapped by the new Labor administration, with the health minister, Mark...

After weeks of controversy, former NSW deputy premier stands down from $500,000 role that he created while in officeGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastJohn Barilaro has stood down from a $500,000-a-year New York trade job to which he was controversially appointed.A day after the first sitting of an upper house inquiry into the appointment, Barilaro announced late on...

Weakening economy, cost-of-living squeeze and rising interest rates are cooling market, index showsThe growth of UK house prices slowed this month, an index shows, as the weakening economy, cost of living squeeze, and rising interest rates cooled the market.Prices were up by 10.7% in June, slowing from 11.2% in May, Nationwide building society said.South-west, £318,325, 14.7%East Anglia, £289,024, 14.2%Wales, £208,309, 13.4%North-west, £213,888, 13.3%West Midlands,...